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I'm surprised that no one in this tread has mentioned Opera. Weirdly, a lot of my son's Gen-Z aged group has started using Opera. When I asked them about it, it

I'm surprised that no one in this tread has mentioned Opera. Weirdly, a lot of my son's Gen-Z aged group has started using Opera. When I asked them about it, it's because it "seems faster than Chrome." I haven't tried Opera in... like... forever (probably I last used it when they had their own rendering engine instead of being yet-another-webkit), so I have no idea how much veracity their claims are. I just think it's odd that many of the young punks I know are switching to Opera of all things.

jm4 4y ago
Opera advertises like crazy on YouTube in videos that appeal to a younger crowd. A lot of paid promotion. I've seen it pop up several times when my kids are watching and they've asked me about it before. Opera was sold to a Chinese group a while back - I believe not long after they switched to chromium. For some, that's enough reason not to use it. That group started branding Opera as a gaming browser that uses fewer resources. The original Opera developers started Vivaldi, which is very comfortable for users of the old Opera.